Indian Railways yesterday (7th October 2020) opened the applications submitted by various entities in response to the RFQs for PPP in Passenger Train Operations Project. MoR has received excellent response. In all 120 Applications have […]
Indian Railways has extended the bid submission date for running private trains by a month. It has set October 7 as the fresh deadline after several interested bidders had sought more time from the National […]
According to the proposal for running private trains there will be two trains to Delhi and one to Nagpur from Chandigarh in 2023. The trains to Delhi will run at 160 kmph covering the journey […]
Telangana minister for industries KT Rama Rao laid the foundation stone for Medha Servo Rail Coach Factory in Ranga Reddy district yesterday (Thursday, 13th August 2020). Rail transportation player Medha Servo Drives Pvt Ltd is […]
Electronic sliding doors, windows with double-glazed safety glass, Braille signages, emergency talk-back mechanism, passenger surveillance system, and passenger information systems. These are some of the specifications the Railways has demanded from private operators in trains […]
Indian Railways has ruled out the possibility of a fare regulator for private trains and said that “competitive tension” prevalent in the Indian transport scenario should address the risk of prohibitive pricing. A set of […]
As many as 23 firms including Bombardier, Alstom, Siemens and GMR have shown interest in running private trains in the country and attended a pre-application meeting on Wednesday, 12th August 2020, as a first step, […]
The ministry of railways has asked general managers of all the zones to identify required infrastructure to set up yards to carry out maintenance of the private trains. The zonal railway authorities have to provide […]
Buoyed by the early response to private passenger trains, the National Transporter is now planning to go ahead with private freight trains as well. It is fast-tracking the process of auctioning routes in the yet-to-be […]
Ministry of Railways organized Pre application conference on Private Train Project yesterday (21st July 2020). The conference received an over-whelming response with participation of around 16 prospective Applicants including Bombardier, GMR, Bharat Forge, BHEL, IRCTC, […]
